Sunday Photo – a rainy day in Asturias

Storm Hugo is currently battering most of Spain, Asturias included. Up high (above 800m) the precipitation is depositing as heavy snow and drifts. Below this height the rain-laden sky blocks out the views of the snowy peaks and muffles the usually vibrant landscape to a dull and lifeless grey.

It’s good weather for curling up in front of a wood-burning stove with a good book or a long lunch with friends.

If you do need to venture outside then best to go prepared. Gore-tex and North Face might do the trick for those of a modern bent but if you’re an authentic Asturian then your essentials boil down to your umbrella and your madreñas (very practical stilted clogs that you wear over your slippers and that keep you high and clear of mud and water).

A little bit of water never stopped an Asturian.

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Oh well that looks like pretty extreme weather. We used to live in the hills near Granada and are now in Central Portugal. No snow here but plenty of torrential rain and winds. Looks like you are enjoying the snow though!

Found your blog by chance Mary while trying to find out if there is an expat community in Asturias and I’m happy to see one of them blogging about living in this wonderful part of Spain! We are an Ukrainian/German couple living in Asturias since 2 years and still have seen far too little of the Paraíso Natural we call our home now. Even weeks with rain cannot change our mind because for sure summer is around the corner